Reading Isaiah’s Mind – Chapter 42 – verses 1 – 10

Posted by Nancy on April 16, 2016

The Servant of the Lord

The Hebrew term for “servant” is abad – pronounced – aw-bad. As a verb, abad means: to work; to serve; to help; to attend or wait upon. As a noun, abad means: servant; assistant; right-hand-man or finally, “vassal”, which deserves additional explanation. Anciently , a vassal was a person who has entered into a mutual-obligation(covenant; pact; agreement; bond; treaty) with a “lord” or monarch (suzerain) . The obligations often included total-support (loyalty) and mutual protection, in exchange for certain royal privileges for the vassal. Though the incidence(occurrence;occasion) of vassalage was usually voluntary, sometimes it was forced , as in the case of Israel’s people involuntary vassalage to Assyrian over-lords as a result of Judah’s King, Ahaz, who offered his people as a vassal nation in exchange for Assyrian protection and favored treatment. Otherwise a vassal’s service was voluntary and lasted throughout his lifetime. Total loyalty, obedience and sacrifice of one’s life to fulfill(execute; carry-out) the king’s or lords (Suzerain’s) will(wishes; laws) characterized the vassal. Such is the nature of Jehovah’s covenantal relationship with man(Suzerain and vassal).

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A servant is a vassal who voluntarily devotes his live in service to his Suzerain(lord and master)

2. None of Israel’s people (the rank and file Mormon people) cries-out(implores; entreaties; appeals; solicits; beseeches) for help. None of them dares(wants) to “make a peep”(make-waves; make a show; expresses a conflicting opinion; make a fuss; create a clamor; cause a brouhaha; “create a tempest in a tea-pot”) and no one is bothering to pay-any-attentionto (give-heed; study; watch; notice; scrutinize; observe) the misbehavior (poor-conduct; goings-on; bad-habits; misbehavior; delinquency; misdeeds) of Salt Lake’s leaders, by using their voice (utterance; expression; option) to express sharp(caustic; bitter; scathing) and public(unveiled; unbridled; powerful; clear-cut) criticism(review; commentary).

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In secret, Salt Lake’s leaders are breaking all the rules they have imposed upon Israel’s people (rank and file Mormon people)

3.They (Salt Lake’s priesthood leaders) privately(secretly ; covertly; slyly) break(disregard; ignore) the mandates (rules; canons; regulations; decrees; models; standards), which they have imposed upon Israel’s people(rank and file Mormon people), while they overlook (excuse; condon; pardon) the blatant “faithlessness” (infidelity; treason; impiety) on the part of many men(high-priests) in their own families (bloodlines; lineages; family-trees). Salt Lake’s prophets seers and revelators are totally “unrestrained” (out-of-control;unhampered; unchecked; un-curbed; free) to do and say what ever they want to, regarding “Truth” (personal fidelity; individual faithfulness) then they go-forth (aggressively lead; take every initiative ) in judgement of Israel’s people in their vaunted capacity as self-appointed “Judges in/over Israel”(presiding Bishops; Stake Presidents; and General Authorities).

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4. Their enthusiasm (zeal; never fails . They are aggressive(undaunted; unafraid; indomitable) and their “Runners”(messengers; couriers; gophers; off-shoots; creepers) are never dampened-in-spirit (disenchanted; disillusioned; disheartened) so long as there is a chance for them to be called-by-name (appointed; designated) for leadership (superiority; dominance; kingship) within the Mormon Kingdom and its Melchizedek Priesthood hierarchy which functions as the “supreme-court” to/over all of Israel’s people. These men reign as Israel’s kings(sovereigns; Lords; Masters; Suzerains; crowned-heads) while relaxing comfortably (securely; luxuriously ; trouble-free) in and around the Salt Lake Valley.

6.I (Jehovah ) am, now, proclaiming (bringing to light; declaring; announcing; making known)your (Israel’s) “birthright” (inherecovenant nt right to rule-over the family of man; jurisdiction; entitlement; dominion; sovereignty; predominance) in straightness (direct and undeviating paths) along with a powerful grasp (comprehension; apprehension; perception; sense; cognition) of your hand (power; influence; impact; authority; ascendancy; potency) even though I have treasured you up (withheld you; hidden you; kept you a secret) for the sake ofMy covenant(treaty; pact; agreement; contract; alliance) with Israel’s people(rank and file Mormon people) and those who keep my covenant to function as a “light”(sources of “light”; teachers; source of illumination; source of enlightenment; source of awareness; insight; understanding) to the Gentiles(non-Israelites; non-Mormons; “People of the world”).

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Salt Lake rules thru the use of “darkness”(sorcery; casting evil spells and enchantment)

8. I am Jehovah , himself(the one and only; used for emphasis. I do not confer my name(authority; dominion) or my glory(honor; dignity; reputation) upon “others”(non-Israelites; strangers; aliens; foreigners) nor do I ever bestow(give) my endorsement (sanction; approval; authorization) unto “graven-images” (images, looks or appearances designed by men to make a deep and lasting impression upon the minds of people).

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Jehovah is cutting off; disavowing; renouncing the Mormon Melchizedek priesthood because it is illegitimate(unlawful false; illegal)

10. Israel’s people will sing a new ( contemporary ; revolutionary extraordinary ; radically-new; drastically-new) song which praises Jehovah from (derived from; inspired by) the “Ends”(original divine objectives; original divine purposes) designed by Jehovah, for this beautiful “Earth” and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints. Those who plunge (immerse; submerge; lose; sacrifice; obsess; drown; overwhelm) themselves with the “West”(Melchizedek Priesthood leadership of Salt Lake City) are putting the finishing toucheson themselves(crowning themselves as Israel’s kings) by secretly receiving Salt Lake’s “Second-Anointing”(Salt Lake’s exaltation to godhood) under the hands (jurisdiction) of General Authorities who relax in luxury and worldly along-side with those who are obsessed (dominated; controlled; gripped; held; fixated) by them.